Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898-09-01. Descriptions of new mammals from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2(9):265-275.

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Original name as described

Sciurus (Microsciurus) mimulus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Ecuador, Esmeraldas, Cachavi, 665 ft."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

Microsciurus, Syntheosciurus, and Sciurus were recently tentatively revised, in which species of Microsciurus were moved to other genera; M. mimulus would be moved to the genus Leptosciurus, along with M. similis, M. otinus, M. boquetensis, and M. isthmius; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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